Flyweight

Heavyweight for sure

Open weight

@@uniquefactspoint open weight

Welter weight

Was fun times, after his big fights, the whole school would be talking about the fight

Glad to have been a fan during that era. Anderson had a god aura for that long and everybody was just scared of him, except Chael

And then look at how many champs there were between 2013 and 2018! Spider truly cleared out the division weidman hadn’t even started his career when Silva started his reign

I still can't get over Weidman stopping the Spider's legendary run. He obviously didn't have the skills and has been outclassed in that fight until Silva decided to clown.

yeah... if only he didnt get cocky :(

The Goat

yeah.. if only he didnt get cocky... :(

It's not a feud just a competitive rivalry

Favorite rivalry in the UFC

@@daredevil2724fr, best story line based on the entire career of two fighters

izzy/sasuke vs alex/naruto

@@ericyoutube77Best story line in combat

He was legend but at that time there was no real tought fight in the weight class

@@Sultan-zs5qm you and everyone else on the internet need to stop saying that…so anyone in mma before 2013 wasn’t good? Jon Jones beat half the guys Anderson beat after he beat them lol….GSP fought no competition then…neither did randy couture or Chuck Liddell…right?

@@Mattyic313 ok bro look jon jones light heavyweight was 100% banger they all killers i agree with you but silva also good not bad but problem there was no scary fighter like light heavyweight i mean rampage. lyoto . Liddal and reshad and jon etc killers but in middelweight idk

He got a title after 1 fight

@@Sultan-zs5qm he fought who was there at the time…Lee Murray, Carlos Newton, Dan Henderson, rich Franklin (yeah he was a math teacher who cares he was a really good fighter) Nate marquardt, demian Maia, vitor belfort, Chael Sonnen, and he wasn’t scared to fight light heavyweight…anderson never turned down a fight even past his prime look who he was fighting…he wanted GSP for years GSP was terrified…and I loved GSP back in the day but he was TERRIFIED

You’re not funny

A middleweight royal rumble 😂

I think it’s already going to be Jizzy vs Dricus in Perth

tbf I'd prefer that over the celebrity fight

Just between us, MacNugget retired years ago, but don't tell Dana.😂

It's fucked up tbh. His combat sports background is better than 95% of the division too. He earned that belt but czuse he hasn't beat izzy yet people don't care lol

I don’t think so, but obviously I could be wrong. I don’t think DDP is somebody who would take a short notice replacement fight vs a new challenger. I could see them do DDP vs Strickland 2 though

I doubt that fight will happen for 303 on short notice bc that fight is a huge mega fight. It’s too big to be on short notice

who the fook is conner?

I don't think so gonna be Pereira or maybe pantaja or something....izzy vs dricus is supposed to be for perth.

Incredibly tough I do think he he was KO’d right then but still stood up somehow

Legend

Without anderson he would have been champ a long time.

Hello, how does one take a high kick to the head and a knee to the face at the same time? Was it a 2v1? Thanks!

@@jimberry5318 He would have been champ longer but perhaps not for a 'long time' because Hendo and Vitor managed to beat him.

Murray is such a random and tbh bizarre addition to that list

nah

I agree

I stg was jus going to say that

​@DarrenReddix-mf4eeSilva was a Black Belt in BJJ. DDP has no chance

Nah the new fighters are the face of the UFC right now, why would they put someone who is no longer active.

The editor is an Izzy fan

The disrespect for DDP is unreal 😂😂😂

I believe the only reason the UFC signed DDP was to see him get a beat down on the big stage. You could sense it from his UFC debut looking at the disrespectful commentary, etc. They must be stewing right now.

Cause DDP is the worst Champion out of all

I am South African, so he's everywhere

@@kaumohlamonyane272 Yeah but whats south african fan base %? like 0 something?

Ddp, irrelevant after losing first title defence whoever he fights.

I'm looking forward to his next fight. Dricus always brings it, he's the sole reason why his fight with Sean was fun.

Nobody acknowledges you until you defend it

Because his tittle was a scam

Lmao the guy that made the thumbnail about get fired

UFC clearly don't like DDP. Regrets signing him I bet.

Yeah He became a Champion and deserves respect

he's getting 50-45'd by Izzy

@@conbaz106 he’s going to knock Adesanya’s pinhead into the stratosphere

@@conbaz106 sup dog

5 times as well

Let’s be real, Whittaker defended against Romero

@@Povertedtentially wasn't it for the vacant belt ?

And also only one to win it twice in middle weight, and if he beats DDP the first ever 3 time UFC champ!

​​​@@Mikamichae The first fight, yes But the rematch was also for the belt but Romero missed weight But I don't get why Robert who won the fight didn't get a title defense for that fight I mean, he made weight and fought somebody who actually had an unfair advantage and basically got nothing for it It should have been a title defense

I'm pretty sure GSP would never have fought Anderson. His coach is on record saying they turned the fight down a few times as he saw no path to victory against the larger man who was that skilled

Why would you discount the leg break win? Weidman was checking those kicks, if that accomplishes damage that’s his doing. It’s not like Silva had momentum in either fight, he was losing both and didn’t have much going.

Silva would've been 42 in 2017. He wouldn't have held that belt. And gsp would've never come back had anyone other than Bisping had the belt at the time

@@QuadLamb Exactly, it's like less intelligent people discounting Poirier's leg break as a win against McGregor lol

@@QuadLamb he had a good take down and some ground and pound but that wasnt considered dominating the fight as he was lured to play Silvas game on the second round. Heck even Sonnen was better than Weidman in takedowns and ground control. If Silva wasnt arrogant and actually respected his opponent, it would have been a different outcome. Same with the second fight. Yes he was checking the kicks, but other than the take down and some ground and pound, you couldnt really tell he was dominating the fight until leg broke. It was still 50/50 at that point

Right. The big difference is that they only fight once or twice every single year these days much similar to the boxers of this era. And also, MMA has evolved too much, so the champions mostly wanna keep the belt as long as possible unless a champion has skills beyond the competition.

@DarrenReddix-mf4ee Facts. 125-170 are the most skilled weight classes. But MMA has evolved in some aspects because almost everyone is a black belt these days unlike back then.

Silva got a title shot after 1-2 fights lol. MW is a shallow division

For those who don't, in 2006 UFC did a vote as to who they wanted to see fight Rich Franklin. Most people choose Anderson Silva.

All in the reach. 🥸 What blew my mind was when i looked at floyds record. Floyd had a monster reach for his divisions and the only people in his WHOLE career that had more reach than him were mgregory de la and Paul, and you saw how them went. Ducked anyone with reach like lara, margarito, Khan, Williams etc its no coincidence that fighters like floyd, izzy, jj etc hugely succesful, also had huge reach advantages vs their rivals and fought a reach merchant running style. Combat sport is littered with examples of the less skilled rangier fighter using reach to jab and hug and run to wins vs the more skilled smaller fighter. Recently aj vs ruiz, went to war and aj got whooped, then in the return, aj switched to jabbing hugging and running to an easy W. Usyk was too skilled for this. Usyk is goated. Duran vs Leonard 1, went to war, duran won Duran Leonard 2, Leonard used his reach advantage to run 🏃‍♂ to what was gonna be an easy victory until Duran quit as he wasn't there to play tag these fighters usually have boring fights because they fights a running defensive reach merchant fight, refusing to take any risk hiding behind reach to get the W. Anderson Silva was the same, Jon jones, great against the smaller guys with 85 reach, but when fighting his own size, like reyes gustaffson etc he arguably lost Its easier to fight defensively with a huge reach advantage but its much harder funking someone up taking a few risks. Speed power timing etc can be improved but reach cannot, and it can be decisive when paired with a defensive style. Khamzat was berated by his coach for going to war instead of using his reach adv to make it an easy fight. Smaller fighter needs to be more skilled than the longer fighter to be successful, like a usyk, pac, tank, dc, canelo mike tyson etc Reach advantage combined with a safety first running style is massively overlooked. Not saying fighters should change how they fight, but that we should recognise why some fighters had the success they did. Izzy is elite, but much of his success was due to his reach advantage vs his rivals. Got outstruck by Jan on the feet, Alex landed more than izzy in their fights, one time he abandoned his safety first reach merchant style vs gastelum and nearly got KOd by a B rated fighter. This is why when these type of fighters face someone their own size, they no longer look like the GOAT striker, they end up going life and death, like jj vs reyes, gustaffson, or izzy vs jan and alex. izzy, silva, gane etc usually stay on the end of their reach, refusing to take any risk. Breaking the shorter man down from where there is no threat of retaliation, before going in for the kill. The shorter fighter has to lunge in to connect and so are at a great disadvantage. Many fighters have had the success they had largely due to this advantage they had vs their rivals. The smaller fighter needs to be more skilled than the longer fighter to overcome this, and even then, e.g with Rob vs izzy, its still very hard Thankfully for us fans, not all fighters with reach fight like this, although they would be more successful if they did but the sport would be dead Izzy said it best himself when he said Costa will be easy as he has t rex arms and won't reach😮

That and he couldn’t juice to the gills

Roids.

@@CharlesJones-wi7tz Half the guys anderson beat as champion were caught for roids. If you use your detective skills, most fighters are cheating.

To lose it again immediately via 5 rounds of a humiliating beat down. Wild.

@@adolpholiverbush5867 still better than not being able to not to defend the belt

@@rajivsporkslede7860people hating on the second best middleweight ever, even if he’s weird that’s wild

Second best, right after Alex 😅😅😅​@@camron8839

@@adolpholiverbush5867and strickland did what? 😂

Top tier male bonding 🤣

its true though, a huge portion of his winning streak in the UFC were against journeymen and cab drivers

@@HPloveCraftsCat1352 He does still have elite wins though; Rich Franklin x2, Vitor Belfort, Dan Henderson, Chael Sonnen x2. Forrest Griffin was elite at 205 as well, and well you know what Anderson Silva did to him.

​@@madgavin7568 Half of them wouldn't even be ranked nowadays

@@RealMrSmile At 185 at above, which are all meme divisions I wouldn't be so sure.

It happens unless your Jon jones apparently

Turns out only 2x middleweight champ..

Now Silva is in the thumbnail twice xd

Yes and light weight

Bantamweight?

Lmao i remeber was DDP the one that was in the center but they took him out and put silva 😂

Perfect comment, son and master 🐐🐐

It's been a while...Goldberg?

@@neal.karn-jones lol wow it has been too long 😂😂😂🤦🏽‍♂️

@@neal.karn-jones Virtually Identical

You mean Poatan?

@@CloudianMH please be serious, stop the jokes, not funny anymore, respect to perreira too, he is a hell of a fighter, but he is not a legend of this division.

@@CloudianMH Maybe he'll be a legend at LHW, but at MW he was never at his best. Man was a literal dehydrated mummy getting knocked out stiff.

Izzy is retired lmao

Israel is good, but he had a lot of boring fights. Anderson was in exciting fights that he finished nearly every time he fought, it was unreal.

It's because sean was robbed. People know the truth.

It's funny to think that Paulo Costa who's 1-3 in his last fights is more famous than the current MW champ. DDP needs a PR because no one talks about him.

More like DDP has no personality ​@@sohaibbilal1774

​@@sohaibbilal1774 That and inactivity. If he fought at ufc 300 he would have continued to be talked about.

Because it was a controversial split decision on one close round

the thumbnail is the 5 most recent champions

4*

@@_joeMelfi 5

He is the current champion, why is that wrong?

he doesn't deserve the title at all sean won that ​@@foxxstain

Nah they’re gonna do DDP vs Izzy in August probably, then Strickland vs the winner of that fight. I can also see them trying to make Whittaker vs Khamzat a title eliminator but they’re only gonna say that if Khamzat wins lol

DDP will retire before that happens LOL 🙂

@@thegrantdanielsband DDP will retire before he defends the title

@@lxndon_3854 I´m so hyped for Whittaker vs Khamzat! Whittaker has very good Wrestling Defence it will be very interesting

lol that fight is not happening after Sean's snooze fest on Saturday.

He won’t he’s just holding onto it for khamzat

King of Holland * 😂

He gets finished by Izzy or Khamzat ngl

@@RealMrSmile Eh, don't know. Feel like Izzy is actually more of a decision fighter than people remember. His title reign from the Jan fight onward was pretty boring until Pereira came along. I'm also not doubting DDP anymore after his last two fights.

😂😂King of albinos nasik européens in africa ...😂😂😂

He’s coming with a vengeance. Hopefully all healed

@@fabrice8940 Izzy has a lot of version, if he play defensive he gets caught, if he goes ruthless like against Costa he is very dangerous.

Nope lmao

Izzy frozen everyone like elsa 🥶

herb dean is an alien bro

Right Izzy faced tough competition but Silva goated

So rich franklin twice, Dan henderson, vitor belfort and nate marquardt were easy opponents? I don't get why guys always try to tarnish what Anderson has done.

They look easy now because fighters have advanced, but at the time, we were talking about these guys as being as scary as the current guys. Anderson would have been a lot better now a days considering coaches and training practices have improved so much

They just hate. It’s crazy

well that failed lol

@@ashleyaboley8894 No, not yet, but he did make a tactical error by fighting DDP before rematching Strickland first 😳

cope more, fanboy

Strickland and his fans are so sensitive, yall still crying about a close decision and meatriding a decision merchant who cries on podcasts

@@tony_dogs 🤣 did you see the scorecard of his last fight? Attempted robbery.

​@@TheEvilWithinKevin Yes the costa one was bad but the DDP fight was just close, not a robbery.